Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1887-03-04
"Darllng II my hearty whispcr, he.

laughs little
"Wna there over such bad boy" sa~s
she, stundlng back from him with pal,a
cNtcnde,l to keep him of. "Aru you to.
tally without grace"
"On t!e contrary. l nm filled with ~
/ have gainci--you."
"Gniucd!"
"Milliccnt, will you toll RE now thu,
nm nothing to your
"Ccrtainly not; you nrc always, n. I
hope, my very gooh fr!cnd"'
~ am not. am your lover, or moth
Ingr'
at is ac' eood for woman TO layo
two lDvcr,."
"can l'ny'r ,oveT pshaw. snys
MT Ainiibossc,no With ilnc cont,u,pt.
"comyarc hlm VITA me, nnd where a:o
your"
"why crcr snys shc, laughing. And
then nll ut Oh ~ lar EGyrty comes 10 ,.n
cnd and hrr face clouds. "Alas. o..cs
aiic, "whnt Is to he the end of Il nll!'
"St. Georges, Hanover sqnnrc," re-
turns lie, with untlminishcd cuurat:c,
Yes; with Grant ns bridvgroom."
with ac, you mean. Sweetheart,
why can you not break nll these chuius
that bind you, and give yourself Us y,ur
heart lirccts,"
Miss Grey hns aubsldnd into tours, and
n biz clair.
III | only dare" nobn ..hu fror. behind
her handkerchief,
NJ this hnQ rdmIrn'on Mr. Mnasur-
Genes hope riscH fortyfold
"lf you dnrcd-what thcnr' hr nsss
kncellng hcnidc her aud pus.rnanu u. "a.
solf of one dnlnty hand.
III iRht-lcarn--,;llnt l.unr!ncsY really
means"
with me, you meant"
"Oh, Grraldr' whispers nhc; rnd then
II I, I'll over, and f':c IL caught 10 lila
breast, and for n mac whilo tl:o world Is
forgotten by In tl,.
Isoir't the w.-mnn, sho ~ tho frat 10
awake ii,Nin the happy dream.
1T is m0dncss'' she Hsys llfilnE her
hcnd md gnHinEnt Him with fearful eyes.
Not II >Nn Will trust 10 mo. Lot II
you are j6Iru uf That you honrsiiy love
NC. Spcak to me, Milllccn! Why do
! yo' turn your lead nwnyt You do love
4 mc."
AZ this aho lctb her sazc return to hia
III with Ind never scon you," Akc
says with trembling lips.
"fhat IL hare, speech, my (nrlnEw
ut liz true, thonGl lf had never
seen yon, might Ntvc Lccn willing Ia
conclude this contract with Crnn!t. lf
Ind never seen >5ou, could never
| In, -
J. GO on"
"tovcd yRu"
Sic bows her hc,d upcn her banda and
bursts into fresh tcnrs.
Mr.. hiimsnrccnc lrnwa her head down
upon his shoulder.
"Don't cry like TINT. Aflllcrnt," snvs
he. "lt will nj! come right IN tho er,i.
Something trliI me no." Something tc,,a
him quite tho reverse: but lie would not
be the truc lover lie is If lie could IN,
strnln point 10 please hia beloved
Nv Int we have not 10 do NOW la TO think
what is The first, best step to bo taken"
'"lhc first best step will mean ruin"
| There la u touch Of impatlcncc In her
tone Although she loves him. II IL
hard Tor her to give up the gIltlcd loavcn
and fishes of fnnh!onnblo life.
| ut Will not, I" rctoris ho stoutly: III
| will mean emancipation II you have she
pluck to 10 through with IT,"
"Oh! cmnnclpntIonn' snyR shu ,llFtlnn.
mlly, though she IL glnt OF lis rcsolntc-
mess. "All yo,l lrinhncn nro mad about
freedom! One would think you were II
land Lacquer the way you speak. won,
/ der yuu nrr not afraid 10 love one OF tho
hntcd Snsscnnols."
81 nIa not afraid OF anything exccp,
your strength OF mind. You nru mine
now. but will you bo mine nn hour
hcncc."
'If were II man," rays Miss Grey re-.
! ilcctivcly, ~ should not c.tnsc 10 full in
I loyc with II woman upon whom could
place no dependence"
| III | were II woman" responds he
promptly, 81 should know better lhnn TO
marry one mum when loved another"
| well, but yon nrc not u woman"
says she trlumphnatly.
Neither nre you man," replies no.
"Thnt squares our accounts. Sweet
heart" regarding her very grnvcly,
tell RIO nj lcnrt Tint you will think
seriously Of my proposal
~ am always thinking OF IT," returns
she. signing. "Oh! why nre not you
Grnnit.'
"rhc gods forhidr' snys ho pIously.
81 nm II better mnn M stand, though no
do',ht poorer one. We'll. however the
wind blows. nm n happier fellow to.tlny
Than ever expected to be- f3n,ye heard
from your own lips that you love me"
DO not place Roo much confidence IN
that
"Yon Will not deny the truth Of jt,
however,
NO. IL is true. You nrc more TO
1 me, Gerald, than any man over iinyo
met--than any man ever shnll meet"
J Her eyes grow large and dim with
| tenrs She holds out her lnnd 10 him.
"s'trcnatllcnsd b. such mn assurance.
will believe In nothing less than victory
replies lie. IN u clear, resonant voice, lila
face bright with n hope that mt this mo-
mcnt has grown into II certainty.
Mjlilccnt, Watching him, feels hcrhcnrt
grow and. "Will net the weight of cir
crmstances, OF custom, prove too strong
for hirf
81 must go home," si,c says, starting